Faux Painting, color blending or washing in multiple colors can add a nice accent to your home. Here's how to do it.

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Steps

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Tape off ceilings and baseboards. Make sure to use a drop cloth to protect floors.

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If you are mixing your own glaze, follow instructions on the container.

3

Load palette with colors. You can use a spatula to do so if you have mixed your own glazes. If you buy already mixed, you can pour from bottle. The color you want to be prominent should be spread on the largest areas of palette.

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Press palette onto wall a couple of times leaving about 3" in between. If you want a more textured look, place colors closer together. Remember that the further apart, the more the colors have a chance to blend softly.

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Begin to pounce the Poofy Pad onto the colors and blend them to your taste. Blend out the edge you won't get to a while so lap or seams are soft. Then apply next section of color with palette about 3" away from last section and pounce colors up to meet the last section you did.

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When glaze is dry, you can go back and press the Poofy Pad onto the palette and apply any colors on top to get some deeper hues. This adds interest and depth to the finish.

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You can get the same results using a brush to apply the glazes and a cheesecloth to blend the colors if you don't have the Triple S Faux System. However, it will take about double the time to do the walls.

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3 colors of glaze (you can mix your own or buy it made at any paint store)

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